The other day, I listened to NPR talk about why more liberals are buying guns, and what stood out wasn’t the trend itself but how familiar the reasoning sounded once the partisan framing fell away. One interviewee, a gay man, said he wanted the ability to protect himself in the event of civil unrest, language that closely mirrored what many conservatives said during the George Floyd protests. At the time, those fears were often dismissed as bad faith or an excuse for racist violence, yet the...

Hello from Minnesota. The situation here is, as you’re no doubt aware by now, fluid and extremely concerning, with a significant ICE presence, and numerous allegations of illegal and unconstitutional actions by federal agents throughout the state. I’d like to offer some suggestions for how and why to be an armed observer of federal agents. First and foremost, everything I am going to suggest is with the assumption you will be explicitly aboveboard and legally compliant - an asset, not a...

Multiple people have been reported shot near Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, prompting the university to issue an active shooter alert during the second day of final exams. Students and staff have been instructed to shelter in place and avoid the area as police and emergency responders respond to the scene. The shooting was reported near the Barus & Holley building, a major academic complex that houses Brown’s School of Engineering and physics department, including numerous...